Austin, TX – Jade, an exotic dancer at the Juggy Club in South Austin, said she is tired of hearing about Joe the plumber since yesterday’s presidential debate. The long-time republican even plans to vote democrat for the first time in her life, as a result of McCain’s performance in the debate.
The Austin Probe staff […]
Austin, TX — A local homeowner takes going green to the extreme, by scrapping his lawnmower and cutting his grass with scissors. It takes him nearly ten times as long to cut, but he is convinced that going green is worth it.
It seems everybody is going green these days. People are buying more fuel-efficient cars, […]
A social club started by three high school girls in Austin, Texas was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court judge on Friday. According to Judge Carlos Garcia, the so-called Hot Chicks Club restricted its membership based on physical appearance and was thus discriminatory in nature.
It all began nearly a year ago when three friends […]
Austin, TX — A local teenager filmed himself performing a bicycle stunt in an effort to win a funniest home video contest. He now has a broken arm and a third-place trophy to show for it.
If you’ve seen those funny home video shows on television, you know that they sometimes offer large prizes at the […]
An Austin, Texas man has made medical history by being the first person to receive ape nipples via surgical transplant.
William Hartwell, a 54-year-old auto mechanic from North Austin, received the nipples and areola (colored area around the nipples) of a male chimpanzee that died of natural causes. The nipples of the two species — human […]
A new cologne for men has been scientifically designed to attract older women in search of a younger man. The cologne, developed by Austin-based ScentMark Industries Inc., was four years in the making and could hit stores as early as this spring.
If you are not familiar with a “cougar” in the urban slang sense of […]
Austin, TX - With most television programs in reruns due to the Hollywood writers’ strike, teenage boys in Austin have turned to an alternative (and illegal) form of entertainment — wrestling total strangers in the street.
We have all felt the effects of the writers’ strike in Hollywood. Some of our favorite shows are stuck […]
Austin, TX - January 1, 2007 — It was a bad start to the new year for many elderly Austinites on Tuesday, as a store promotion led to the worst pileup of senior citizens in nearly two decades.
When John Spencer came to work on New Year’s Day, he had a bad feeling in […]
Austin, TX - 12/15/07 — An Austin man elopes to Las Vegas and marries his plasma television set to spite his wife who frequently told him he should marry the TV.
Editor’s Note: Without even trying, we seem to be on a streak of unusual marriage stories. Earlier this week, we brought you news about an […]
Austin, TX - December 12, 2007 — When Austin resident Harriet Tubbs received an email from a self-proclaimed Nigerian prince with financial woes, her first impression was spam and fraud. She never imagined a love story could come out of it.
Harriet Tubbs is certainly not new to the Internet. The marathon runner and divorced mother […]
